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Donatello was born in Florence, probably in 1386, based on his own later statement in his catasto tax declaration; he claimed to be 41 years old in July 1427. [14] He was the son of Niccolò di Betto Bardi, who was a "wool-stretcher" ( tiratore di lana ) and member of the Florentine Arte della Lana , the wool workers guild, which probably ...
The Sala di Donatello of the Bargello in Florence, the museum with the largest and best collection of Donatello's work. The following catalog of works by the Florentine sculptor Donatello (born around 1386 in Florence; died on December 13, 1466, in Florence) is based on the monographs by H. W. Janson (1957), Ronald Lightbown (1980), and John Pope-Hennessy (1996), as well as the catalogs of the ...
David is a marble statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello.One of his early works (1408–1409), it was originally commissioned by the Operai del Duomo, the Overseers of the Office of Works, for the Florence Cathedral and was his most important commission up to that point.
Piazzale Donatello. Piazzale Donatello is a city square in Florence, Italy. The square is lined by purpose-built artists studio's constructed during the nineteenth century. Each boasts expansive north facing windows. These studios saw the likes of many notable painters, among them Gianni Vagnetti and Michele Gordigiani. The studios remain ...
When a Florentine confraternity in Venice commissioned from Donatello a statue of John the Baptist, patron saint of Florence, still in the Frari Church there, wood was chosen. It was signed and dated 1438 (before this was revealed in conservation work it had been dated later), and remains the only work by Donatello in the city; he usually did ...
Judith and Holofernes (1457–1464) [1] is a bronze sculpture created by the Italian Renaissance sculptor Donatello towards the end of his life and career. It is located in the Hall of Lilies (Sala dei Gigli), in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
The marble-and-bronze tomb monument of Antipope John XXIII (Baldassare Cossa, c. 1360–1419) was created by Donatello and Michelozzo for the Florence Baptistry adjacent to the Duomo. It was commissioned by the executors of Cossa's will after his death on 22 December 1419, and completed during the 1420s, establishing it as one of the early ...
Donatello, the bronze David (1440s?), Bargello Florence, h.158 cm David is a bronze statue of the biblical hero by the Italian Early Renaissance sculptor Donatello , probably made in the 1440s. Nude except for helmet and boots, it is famous as the first unsupported standing work of bronze cast during the Renaissance , and the first freestanding ...